The Oxford School's development company will not get the $325,000 in town CPC money requested for the project, at least not all this year.Last month, the Stratford group's request for Community Preservation Commission funds took town officials by surprise, however the company is required f…

Fairhaven officials say they were surprised when the Oxford school's development group recently asked for town funding, and even more surprised when they saw for how much.During Monday's Board of Selectmen meeting, officials discussed the Stratford Group's $325,000 Community Preservat…

Massachusetts is getting an almost $46 million share of a $7 billion federal-state settlement over Citigroup's mortgage-backed security activities.In the deal announced Monday, Citigroup will make a $4 billion civil monetary payment to the Justice Department, and another $500 million in compens…

Two dozen affordable housing projects across Massachusetts will receive nearly $84 million from the state.Gov. Deval Patrick said the money will help build or preserve more than 1,300 units of affordable housing while creating 2,000 construction jobs...